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by Thomas Dolzall, Defense Analyst, Forecast International. Over the past two decades, the international market for wheeled armored vehicles has witnessed tremendous expansion in demand, as well as a coinciding multiplication of contractors offering both new and modernized designs. Wheeled … Continue reading →

by Thomas Dolzall, Defense Analyst, Forecast International. The adoption by the Belarusian armed forces in early 2017 of the Cayman armored reconnaissance vehicle, which had recently entered serial production, represents a modest but significant step in the maturation of the … Continue reading →

MARIGNANE, France -- The first serial Airbus Helicopters H160 made its first flight on December 14. The helicopter then performed a flight demonstration on December 17 in front of Airbus Helicopters' H160 team. The helicopter is to be delivered to ... Read more

CARACAS -- A week after two Russian Air Force Tu-160 strategic bombers and an assembly of transport aircraft made a highly-publicized stop at Venezuelan Airbase facilities during a round-trip long-haul flight exercise, Russian media sources are repor ... Read more

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army has selected two contractors to develop a new light tank under its Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. BAE Systems Land & Armaments and General Dynamics Land System were awarded engineering, manufacturing, and develo ... Read more

HJELTEFJORDEN, Norway -- Unmanned underwater vehicles have completed the salvage of anti-ship missiles from the sunken Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad, five weeks after the ship was lost following a collision with the tanker Solar TS. The UUVs picke ... Read more

Next year looks to be one of resurgence of sorts for the global helicopter industry.
Increasing oil prices are usually good news for helicopter companies serving oil and gas rigs, as those firms had felt a stagnation in the business since the drop in oil prices in 2014. But helicopter overcapacity in the oil and gas business may dampen company production of such rotorcraft in the near term, as oil and gas operators look to capitalize on their underutilized fleets, said Ray Jaworowski, a senior aerospace analyst at Forecast International.
Oil and gas has been a key market segment for civil helicopters.
However, helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) — designated as helicopter air ambulance by the FAA — search and rescue, law enforcement, firefighting, corporate transport and offshore wind look to be growing business segments, he said. Aerial firefighting may rise in importance because of the longer, harsher fire seasons the U.S. has seen over the last few years. .... Read more

Reuters reported Wednesday that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in June fired seven managers of the SpaceX team in its Redmond, Washington, office, which is focused on building out the company’s satellite internet project, dubbed Starlink. Those managers have since been replaced by other SpaceX employees, reportedly with an aim to stay on track to launch its first set of satellites by the middle of 2019 and begin operations in 2020.
A SpaceX spokesperson told Forbes that over the past summer, there was a reorganization over the course of two weeks, and that two employees left on their own accord. SpaceX spokesperson Eva Behrend further told Forbes in an email, “Given the success of our recent Starlink demonstration satellites, we have incorporated lessons learned and re-organized to allow for the next design iteration to be flown in short order,” she said. “This is a very similar approach of rapid iteration in design and testing which led to the success of Falcon 1, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Dragon.”
SpaceX first announced its intent to go into the satellite internet business in 2016, shortly before it announced a funding round led by Google and Fidelity that raised $1 billion at a valuation of about $10 billion dollars. Pitchbook estimates that the company is currently valued at $25 billion. In February of this year, the company launched two Starlink demonstration satellites, which it says were successfully delivered to orbit, have communicated with ground stations, and remain operational. .... Read more

Embraer introduced midsize and super-midsize business jets Sunday that it aims to launch in 2019, filling out what was already one of the broadest lineups in the market with what the company says will be the longest-range planes in their class.
The Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 are fully fly-by-wire, a first for jets of their size, with active turbulence reduction, as well as what the company says is a best-in-category 5,800-foot cabin altitude and the highest payload capacity. The Praetor 500 also lays claim to being the fastest midsize jet, with a maximum speed of mach 0.83.
The planes are derivatives of Embraer’s Legacy 450 and 500 jets, with new winglets and extra fuel tanks for greater range, as well as a new interior style and advanced technological features in the cabin and cockpit. .... Read more

The number of light military helicopters produced worldwide is projected to decline more than 56% to just 92 units a year in 2026 from a decade prior.
The near-term decline in production is due to current re-equipment cycles coming to an end in the USA and in many European countries, according to the projection’s publisher Forecast International.
In the USA, Bell Helicopter is set to finish deliveries of the UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter to the US Marine Corps by the end of 2018. The USMC will take deliveries of the Venom’s sister aircraft, the Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, until 2022. .... Read more